Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1150-1158

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b   Nunn, Charles L ^a,c,d   Schülke, Oliver ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limited control; Paternity; Primates; Reproductive skew; Reproductive synchrony

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SYNCHRONY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 56449108095     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn093     Document Type: Article

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